No thank you.
But thank you for showing me what hospitality looks like.
My team and I spent the month of October in Macedonia.
We worked in a primarily Muslim area. We had to be careful of how we shared with the people there… we couldn’t just tell people, “we’re working with ywam, we’re Christians… Jesus rules”.
Which was so good because we actually had to build relationships with people. There wasn’t the same pressures we faced in other countries of: hurry up and share the gospel and win their soul… but there was an opportunity and invitation to be a part of what God was already doing there and just loving people. We hung out at the local university, made new friends, played a lot of pool, hung out at coffee bars, climbed a mountain to a castle so we could pray over the city and cleaned up the park.
Which was so good because we actually had to build relationships with people. There wasn’t the same pressures we faced in other countries of: hurry up and share the gospel and win their soul… but there was an opportunity and invitation to be a part of what God was already doing there and just loving people. We hung out at the local university, made new friends, played a lot of pool, hung out at coffee bars, climbed a mountain to a castle so we could pray over the city and cleaned up the park.
Praying over the city
Cleaning up the park
Pool with our new friends. (we spent 60% of our time here…so fun. and i nailed that eight ball)
God just opened doors up like crazy for us- we met some really awesome people who invited us into their homes and showed us the most amazing hospitality. This is insane because… our contacts, who have been there for almost 2 years, had never been invited into a Muslim family’s home.
It was awesome. They served us tea, juice, coffee, cookies, donuts, chex mix, burgers… we even watched a movie at one of their homes. Everytime we went out with them they paid for EVERYTHING, on top of offering us smokes. They go through 3 packs a day… they told me it’s because they share with everyone. I believe it. Last month definitely made me re examine how I treat people and how to be generous.
It was also Jordan (my teammate’s) birthday while we were there and we happened to be out at a cafe/club the night of. Well, our new friends found out it was his birthday at midnight and they were SOOO excited. They kept saying “30 minutes until jordan’s birthay.” So right before midnight a few of us drove around with them because they REALLY wanted to buy him a birthday cake. So sweet. We drove around like crazy people looking for a cake place and finally found one. They were so excited to give it to him.
and then we had a really nice birthday party for Jordan that his girlfriend, Melody, from home wanted to surprise him with!! And one of our new friends came as well.
Okay and because my internet time is so scarce I have to post this as well.
We are now in Moldova-
We are now in Moldova-
It is exactly like Africa… well, that’s what it feels like to me:
We are living in a small village and have squatty potty’s in our backyard, we eat the same thing basically everyday, there is no running water- they mostly use wells, they use facial expressions to answer our questions instead of words, and it’s just a very poverty stricken area. People use horse and mule carriages for transportation and it just looks like a ghost town.
We are living in a small village and have squatty potty’s in our backyard, we eat the same thing basically everyday, there is no running water- they mostly use wells, they use facial expressions to answer our questions instead of words, and it’s just a very poverty stricken area. People use horse and mule carriages for transportation and it just looks like a ghost town.
We have been doing a lot of farming; weeding, pulling out carrots, demolishing a grape vineyard field (which i loved because i got to use an ax, i found it theraputic to scream with every swing. I’m not joking. The boys have been doing a lot of manual labor; they helped build a well and they are making a beaver home. Yep. Apparently beaver farming is big here. The meat is very expensive and the fur as well. We also pass out food everyday to the community and put on children’s programs for the street kids.
and before we traveled to our ministry sites we had one day in the capital city and dressed up for Halloween.
Kris Kross, snookie, shooting star, Pam, Bollywood, Octo/Mouse.
